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Wednesday June 30,1993 Vol. CXX, No. 8
Inside
Film up for ‘Firm’ box-office hold
This summer's most eager-ly-awaited suspense thriller may disappoint some who are expecting a to-the-letter recreation of the John Grisham bestseller, but those who are willing to overlook a few changes will find a masterfully crafted film on corporate double-dealings.
Diversions, page 12
Astrology is just an elaborate hoax
It seems as though anyone can come up with a new religion or palmistry scam and and make fistfuls of dollars. These businesses should be regulated, unless we can prove they are truly beneficial, because they might just end up hurting someone in the long run.
Viewpoint, page 5
F.Y.I.
Local mission to run tours in July
The Sunshine Mission, Casa de Rosas, will be holding an open house on July 17 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to raise program funds and celebrate its restoration after two devastating fires.
The mission was the first women's shelter in L.A. and has provided services for over 50 years offering care and housing for displaced women and those with a history of homelessness. The mission operates an 18-bed emergency shelter and affordable housing in its hotel, featuring 46 single occupancy rooms.
The mission's goals include providing support services through job and skills development, counseling and medical referrals. Programs to aid personal and social growth are also offered, providing oppor-tunites in acting, dance, self-defense and art workshops.
Tours will be offered showing the in-progress restoration fo the 100-year-old site originally designed by mission-revival style architect Summer Hunt.
Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased in advance or at the door. The Sunshine Mission is located on the comer of Hoover Street and Adams Boulevard. For more information, call (213) 747-7419.
Donations are tax-deduct-ible as permitted by law.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
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USC laser center team to wipe out graffiti with a zap
By Tracey M. Taylor
Staff Writer
As we drive down Los Angeles freeways and neighborhood streets, we are often surrounded by a wide array of graffiti messages in a myriad of colors and designs. The creative young graffiti artists are known as "taggers," and their artistic capabilities are displayed on every available sign, wall or house.
Barbed wire and police enforcement are the are the common means to combat graffiti. Now, under the direction of Elsa Garmire, USC professor of electrical engineering and electrophysics and director of the USC Center for Laser Studies, a team has developed lasers that vaporize spray paint off the surfaces of a variety of commonly used materials. The laser is known as the YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet).
"The YAG seems the most effective and easiest to adapt to anti-graffiti use." Garmire said.
"A pulse of YAG laser illumination lasting 100 millionth of a second vaporizes spray paint off most surfaces without harming them. Black spray paint is somewhat easier to remove, but the color does not really matter. The laser wall take off any color."
This type of laser was originally used in Italy during the early 1960s and its main purpose was to remove dirt from marble fixtures.
Garmire's laser works most effectively on brick, concrete, wood, stone and unpainted metal surfaces. Repainting is an better option than laser treatments, however, when dealing with painted surfaces.
The project originated from a discussion between USC Electrical Engineering and Electrophysics Professor Hans Kuehl and a representative of Caltrans. Kuehl then approached Garmire with the idea of creating a laser that would remove graffiti.
Officals at Caltrans said the
Regina Tao / Summer Trojan
Elsa Garmire, director of the USC Center for Laser studies and the research supervisor, shows the new graffiti removal method.
largest problem with the transportation industry is the high cost of replacing graffiti-covered signs.
Caltrans agreed to provide a $109,000 grant to fund the study in an effort to remove the graffiti from the freeway signs.
Currently, the only hazard is that the laser will cause blindness if used carelessly. The technician will be equipped with protective eyewear when using the laser and a long narrow wand will channel the laser, cre-(See Graffiti, page 3)
Heigh ho... heigh ho
Student Senate president is already off to work on next year’s plans
By Lisa Heimlich
Co-Editor
New Student Senate President Don Hansen is hoping a new coat of white paint on their office walls will be the start of a "fresh, clean slate" for the organization riddled with turmoil and fighting these past few years.
Among the changes Hansen has in store for next year's operations are controls on administrative spending, greater accountability of office resources and better managment of the physical space Student Senate uses in the Student Union building.
"We've slimmed our administrative accounts . . . gotten rid of a lot of the pork in our budget and turned it into programming dollars," said Hansen.
New office policies for next year will also be instituted. All senate personnel will be mailed the new guidelines this week, an agreement they are each going to be required to follow, along with this year's retreat information. Some of the new policies will include the phones in senate offices for
News Analysis
on-campus calls only, and long distance access codes and copy cards will be issued only to officers who apply for them.
Officers will be required to sign agreements, be prepared to justify any audits of
those accounts and be held responsible for any charges deemed inappropriate or unrelated to Student Senate / Program Board business.
Hansen said he felt the organization needs to get away and "look from the outside back in" during the retreat, to re-evaluate the inefficiencies in previous senate administrations.
A series of round-table discussions about the new policies and the relationship between the Student Senate and the Program Board are planned for the August retreat, Hansen said.
"Number one, I plan to instill the idea of professionalism in the office," he said.
(See Hansen, page 2)
Digging in the dirt
Roy Nwalsser / Summer Tro|an
Physical Plant workers are resodding the Howard Jones Field, which needed a facelift after the Buffalo Bills used it for the team’s Super Bowl XXVII practices.
Radio show gets love advice from English professor
By Trade Tso
Co-Editor
Ronald Gottesman, USC professor of English, chalked up another Ph.D. this summer after being a guest love doctor on the late-night talkshow, "Loveline."
Earlier this month, Gottesman appeared on the KROQ talkshow, which explores callers "love problems" with hosts who offer counseling and advice that can range anywhere from off-the-cuff remarks to professional medical advice.
On the teacher-student show of Loveline, hosted by Jim "Poorman" Trenton, and Dr. Drew, a medical intern, four educators served as in-studio love doctors listening to callers and giving "love advice."
Educators were nominated by their students. The Burbank-based station received 700 letters
(See Show, page 3)

Wednesday June 30,1993 Vol. CXX, No. 8
Inside
Film up for ‘Firm’ box-office hold
This summer's most eager-ly-awaited suspense thriller may disappoint some who are expecting a to-the-letter recreation of the John Grisham bestseller, but those who are willing to overlook a few changes will find a masterfully crafted film on corporate double-dealings.
Diversions, page 12
Astrology is just an elaborate hoax
It seems as though anyone can come up with a new religion or palmistry scam and and make fistfuls of dollars. These businesses should be regulated, unless we can prove they are truly beneficial, because they might just end up hurting someone in the long run.
Viewpoint, page 5
F.Y.I.
Local mission to run tours in July
The Sunshine Mission, Casa de Rosas, will be holding an open house on July 17 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to raise program funds and celebrate its restoration after two devastating fires.
The mission was the first women's shelter in L.A. and has provided services for over 50 years offering care and housing for displaced women and those with a history of homelessness. The mission operates an 18-bed emergency shelter and affordable housing in its hotel, featuring 46 single occupancy rooms.
The mission's goals include providing support services through job and skills development, counseling and medical referrals. Programs to aid personal and social growth are also offered, providing oppor-tunites in acting, dance, self-defense and art workshops.
Tours will be offered showing the in-progress restoration fo the 100-year-old site originally designed by mission-revival style architect Summer Hunt.
Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased in advance or at the door. The Sunshine Mission is located on the comer of Hoover Street and Adams Boulevard. For more information, call (213) 747-7419.
Donations are tax-deduct-ible as permitted by law.
Newspaper of the University of Southern California
f \ \ .• I
USC laser center team to wipe out graffiti with a zap
By Tracey M. Taylor
Staff Writer
As we drive down Los Angeles freeways and neighborhood streets, we are often surrounded by a wide array of graffiti messages in a myriad of colors and designs. The creative young graffiti artists are known as "taggers," and their artistic capabilities are displayed on every available sign, wall or house.
Barbed wire and police enforcement are the are the common means to combat graffiti. Now, under the direction of Elsa Garmire, USC professor of electrical engineering and electrophysics and director of the USC Center for Laser Studies, a team has developed lasers that vaporize spray paint off the surfaces of a variety of commonly used materials. The laser is known as the YAG (yttrium aluminum garnet).
"The YAG seems the most effective and easiest to adapt to anti-graffiti use." Garmire said.
"A pulse of YAG laser illumination lasting 100 millionth of a second vaporizes spray paint off most surfaces without harming them. Black spray paint is somewhat easier to remove, but the color does not really matter. The laser wall take off any color."
This type of laser was originally used in Italy during the early 1960s and its main purpose was to remove dirt from marble fixtures.
Garmire's laser works most effectively on brick, concrete, wood, stone and unpainted metal surfaces. Repainting is an better option than laser treatments, however, when dealing with painted surfaces.
The project originated from a discussion between USC Electrical Engineering and Electrophysics Professor Hans Kuehl and a representative of Caltrans. Kuehl then approached Garmire with the idea of creating a laser that would remove graffiti.
Officals at Caltrans said the
Regina Tao / Summer Trojan
Elsa Garmire, director of the USC Center for Laser studies and the research supervisor, shows the new graffiti removal method.
largest problem with the transportation industry is the high cost of replacing graffiti-covered signs.
Caltrans agreed to provide a $109,000 grant to fund the study in an effort to remove the graffiti from the freeway signs.
Currently, the only hazard is that the laser will cause blindness if used carelessly. The technician will be equipped with protective eyewear when using the laser and a long narrow wand will channel the laser, cre-(See Graffiti, page 3)
Heigh ho... heigh ho
Student Senate president is already off to work on next year’s plans
By Lisa Heimlich
Co-Editor
New Student Senate President Don Hansen is hoping a new coat of white paint on their office walls will be the start of a "fresh, clean slate" for the organization riddled with turmoil and fighting these past few years.
Among the changes Hansen has in store for next year's operations are controls on administrative spending, greater accountability of office resources and better managment of the physical space Student Senate uses in the Student Union building.
"We've slimmed our administrative accounts . . . gotten rid of a lot of the pork in our budget and turned it into programming dollars," said Hansen.
New office policies for next year will also be instituted. All senate personnel will be mailed the new guidelines this week, an agreement they are each going to be required to follow, along with this year's retreat information. Some of the new policies will include the phones in senate offices for
News Analysis
on-campus calls only, and long distance access codes and copy cards will be issued only to officers who apply for them.
Officers will be required to sign agreements, be prepared to justify any audits of
those accounts and be held responsible for any charges deemed inappropriate or unrelated to Student Senate / Program Board business.
Hansen said he felt the organization needs to get away and "look from the outside back in" during the retreat, to re-evaluate the inefficiencies in previous senate administrations.
A series of round-table discussions about the new policies and the relationship between the Student Senate and the Program Board are planned for the August retreat, Hansen said.
"Number one, I plan to instill the idea of professionalism in the office," he said.
(See Hansen, page 2)
Digging in the dirt
Roy Nwalsser / Summer Tro|an
Physical Plant workers are resodding the Howard Jones Field, which needed a facelift after the Buffalo Bills used it for the team’s Super Bowl XXVII practices.
Radio show gets love advice from English professor
By Trade Tso
Co-Editor
Ronald Gottesman, USC professor of English, chalked up another Ph.D. this summer after being a guest love doctor on the late-night talkshow, "Loveline."
Earlier this month, Gottesman appeared on the KROQ talkshow, which explores callers "love problems" with hosts who offer counseling and advice that can range anywhere from off-the-cuff remarks to professional medical advice.
On the teacher-student show of Loveline, hosted by Jim "Poorman" Trenton, and Dr. Drew, a medical intern, four educators served as in-studio love doctors listening to callers and giving "love advice."
Educators were nominated by their students. The Burbank-based station received 700 letters
(See Show, page 3)